Biyernes, Nobyembre 18, 2011

Mega-churches and Senior pastors in the Philippines

The Philippines has been one of the world’s hot spots for church growth. Although in the first seventy years after Protestant Christianity reached these islands in 1898 only 5,000 churches were established, in the last twenty-five years a further 22,000 have begun. While the average size of a church in Manila is about 100, a number of mega-churches have sprung up with congregations numbering in the thousands.

The term megachurch is the name given to a cluster of very large,Protestant/Born-Again Christian congregations, that share several distinctive characteristics. Here are some mega-churches that also have its other congregation worldwide:

Jesus Is Lord Church (JIL) is a Pentecostal charismatic movement in the Philippines headed by founder Bro. Eddie Villanueva. The Jesus Is Lord Church was called the Jesus is Lord Fellowship when Villanueva started it with 15 members in 1978. In 2008, it had 6 million members in 10,000 local congregations in 44 countries. In the Philippines, it reached 4000 barangays in 85 provinces and 1,000 cities. Founded: 1978Total members: 6,000,000

Greenhills Christian Fellowship (GCF) is a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, English-speaking megachurch whose main congregation is located at Ortigas. It was a Baptistmegachurch founded by David and Patty Jo Yount of Conservative Baptist Association of America in 1978. Dr. Larry Pabiona is the current senior pastor of GCF when Dr. Luis Pantoja passed away in 2010 due to massive heart attack. Founded: 1978Total members: 7,000

Bread of Life Ministries International (BOL) was founded by Rev. Butch L. Conde. It was started in the early 1980's as a half-way house for prostitutes in Olongapo City, until they expanded together with 12 people, including Rev. Conde, to start a new church in Marynoll College (now Miriam College), offered its auditorium to launch the first service gatherings on November 1982, and its church rapidly growth from 120 to 30,000 members overall in the congregations in the Philippines and overseas congregations in Asia, North America, Middle East and Europe. BOL is slightly different from all Christian churches in the country, because the leaders of the church teaches not only on spiritual needs and Heaven's promise, but also they teach intelligence, moral, physical, excellence, nation building and love for country.

Founded: 1982

Total members: 30,000

Christ’s Commission Fellowship (CCF) is a thriving church of approximately 25,000 believers, with worship and bible study centers in major cities in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, plus one in Singapore. The fellowship is composed of and led by lay men and women, actively involved in small groups, in homes, communities, and workplaces. It was started in 1984 by Rev. Peter Tan Chi, as they started as Bible studies in Cainta, Rizal, until they expanded by the businessmen attended the Bibly studies to gather at Asian Institute of Management to launch CCF's first service until they grow into thousands of believers.Founded: 1984Total members: 26,000

Victory Christian Fellowship (VCF or Victory) has 51 churches in the Philippines, with thirteen in Metro Manila and thirty-eight in various provinces around the country. Rev. Steve Murell is the senior pastor of Victory Christian Fellowship, as well as being overall president of the Every Nation group of ministries. As of 2008, more than 34,000 people attend the worship services in Victory in Metro Manila alone. Victory has local congregations in the Philippines. Also, attended by some TV personalities and political icons.Founded: 1985Total members: 34,500

Day by Day Christian Ministries (DBD) was founded on June 6, 1985 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as a small fellowship of OFWs. But the start of the growth of the organization was in 1990s, when they had the organization set foot in the Philippines. Currently the organization is still doing missions within the Philippines and in Arab countries. The senior pastor is Ptr. Ed Lapiz.

Founded: 1985

Total members: Not counted members

Other mega-churches are:

Word of Hope Christian Family Church

Cathedral of Praise

Lord of the Nations Ministries

Word for the World Christian Fellowship

World International Ministries

New Life Christian Center

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Mega churches are mega churches because of who the leaders are, the vision they cast before their members and their ability to make spirituality real to their members.

but Mega-Church will never be much bigger unless Small Group is emphasized so that the fellowship of the Brethren will remain even though you are big enough.

Healthy churches grow its natural as they take care of their members for their spiritual growth.

Hinde po totoo that Victory grows because of proselytizing. That's not definitely not true. The heartbeat of our church is reaching out the lost. If there are Christians from other church attending our church, we welcome them but we tell them to go back to their churches if God's calling is for them to stay there. Don't judge too quickly if you are all Christians.

"Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment," (1 Cor. 1:10)." Let us set aside these petty bickerings as we are all members of the Body of Christ. We must therefore, focus on the spreading of the Good News that Jesus Christ died for all our sins because he loves us instead of throwing mud at each other.

is Jesus miracle crusade IS part of Philippine council of evangelical churches? one of the criteria to be part of the council is that the church must BE a bible believing CHRIST centered church. to clarify it clearly the church must believe that THEIR IS one GOD eternally existing in 3 person (faTHER,SON AND SPIRIT)

VERY WRONG! Jesus Miracle Crusade is a non-trinitarian, that means they only believe in Jesus not the God the Father nor the Holy Spirit that's why they are not belong to Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches, unlinke JIL, BOL and other major churches in the Philippines are belong to that group because they believe in the TRINITY. Sorry Miracle Crusade...

I heard and believed it is hyper faith that they have back then.. even claiming that they comeback victorious after preaching to the abu sayyafs but what happened??? imbes n maging parte ng solusyon naging dagdag pa sa problema... i believed they had faith but I think there is no leading by the Spirit of God,, coz God saw their hearts and it is not in line with HIS will..

paano nyo pong nsabi na kulto ang Jesus Miracle Crusade? Do you have any proof? kayo na rin po ang nagabi na Judge not, and you will not be judged. and paano nyo po nasabi na naging dagdag sa problema ang papunta po doon ni evangelist Almeda? can you cite reasons and prove it? and paano nyo rin po nasabi na without the leading of God? you have to make sure that you are also lead by the spirit of God before talking, baka bumalik lahat sa inyo ung mga sinasabi ninyo. Holiness should not be only ion your heart but also in your mind and in your mouth.

paano nyo pong nsabi na kulto ang Jesus Miracle Crusade? Do you have any proof? kayo na rin po ang nagabi na Judge not, and you will not be judged. and paano nyo po nasabi na naging dagdag sa problema ang papunta po doon ni evangelist Almeda? can you cite reasons and prove it? and paano nyo rin po nasabi na without the leading of God? you have to make sure that you are also lead by the spirit of God before talking, baka bumalik lahat sa inyo ung mga sinasabi ninyo. Holiness should not be only ion your heart but also in your mind and in your mouth.

Bread of life celebrated last sunday of its 29th year as a church... were truly blessed, Bro. Butch Conde teaches on how to motivate ourselves as a Christians in this generation, their theme is "The flat world" and how should we Christians then live? a truly blessed God's message! God bless the Philippines =)

Jesus Miracle Crusade Int. Ministry is one of the world largest Apostolic Church based in the Philippines..!! It is even larger than JIL and El Shaddai.. There a large concentration in Sulu, Basila, Zamboanga even in the communist, separatist areas there is JMC church..!!

sorry but not to offend, Jesus miracle and Wilde Almeda is considered one of the cult leader, that is why its not included on the list, JIL is obviously included but not El Shaddai, it must excluded cause its catholic-denomination. thank you

grabe nman po mismong JIL leader humahanga sa aming leader Beloved Hon. Wilde E. Almeda. JMCIm is one if not the largest Apostolic Christian Church based in the Philippines. JMCIM is a member of AWCF Apostolic World Christian Fellowship :) God Bless you po

Assemblie of God pa rin ang may pinakamaraming members(aside from catholics). You may not hear about them but they have 1 or more churches in every municipality in the Philippines. every municipality (if not all), mayrong A/G.

1 corinthians 1:12-13 "....One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas[a]”; still another, “I follow Christ.”Is Christ divided?...."- Paul. it seems like this describes modern churches today.it is far from the conviction of paul and 1st century church. as paul said in Eph. 4:4-6 "There is one body and one Spirit —just as you were called to one hope when you were called — one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all." "...Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior."- Eph. 5:23

amen...jesus promised, “I will build my church,” note that He was promising to build one church, not many. This one church began in Jerusalem on the first Pentecost day after His resurrection. Three thousand people heard the gospel. They believed and were baptized and the Lord added them to His church (Acts 2:36-38, 42, 47). Jesus Christ is the Saviour of His body, which is the church (Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:23).

The Bible says that the Lord only has one body, which is His one church. Ephesians 4:4-6 says, "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." (emphasis added). The Bible says there is only one true God even though there are many false gods in this world. The Bible also says there is only one body even though there are many false bodies in this world. But what is this one body? Ephesians 1:22-23 says that God gave Christ "to be head over all things to the church, which is His body" and Colossians 1:18 says that Christ "is the head of the body, the church". According to the Bible, Christ only has one body which is His one church. Christ only has His one church "which He purchased with His own blood" (Acts 20:28).The one true church which Jesus bought with His own blood, is not a denomination and is not made up of any of the many denominations, which men have created. Those in the Lord's one true church are not to have fellowship with any of the denominations, because we are commanded to "have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them" (Ephesians 5:11). All the denominational churches have rejected the headship of Christ by choosing their own names and doctrines instead of submitting themselves only to the will of Christ as found in the Bible.

This post should be updating infos.. I read it in Wikipedia. BOL has 35,000 members in 2012. CCF has 30,000 members in 2011. and VCF has 59,000 members in 2012. Thank you. I'm from Bread of Life in Crossroad 77. God bless po sa inyo!

are u from bob amigo's group so u hav to attack this church? FYI too, needed to clarify and so-called "exodus of its key pastors and elders" are false.. Pastor Butch Conde leaved his position as senior pastor and became pastor emeritus of bread and Pastor Noel Tan of BOL Makati took over the leadership, as well as the elders needed to retire but still they're belong to BOL. (pls read wikipedia) 5000? maybe thats in a recent years because most of the people are Pastor Bong Saquing's (now in CCF) follower so they transfer all to CCF Ortigas, but this time has maybe in 10k people (growing again). I think that's bob amigo's fault why BOL is now like this in a past year. I'm not a regular member of bread, still connected with Pastor Bong & CCF

Why are you so concerned with numbers? Jesus only chose 12 disciples close to Him,one of which wasn't even a true one.Padamihan ba ng bilang ng members Ito? Or we should be concerned about the quality of life we live and witness to the lost if truly we are ever Christians.The one who commented about BOL maybe was from BOL before,or have heard from someone else,but doesn't know the facts and is just bitter that's why he left.Or maybe ,he's not ever a true BOL member at all in the first place.If your heart is not for the church,then leave that church.They don't need you there.

that's right bro, Our church has only 60 members but that doesnt matter. coz Jesus said when theres 2/3/4 people worshiping God He is in the midst of them. Church is the body of Christ and it is one, we christian should not compete about the number of members but we should unite as one, to share Jesus to others who are lost.

no, if one congregation of a church has more than 2,000 people attended is considering a megachurch, 40,000 members also considered it sobra-sobra na nga yan eh, yung JIL nga lang nasa 3 milllion and i think sila ang pinakamalaking megachurch in the philippines. google google din pag may taym! :)

5. Methods of soul-winning-JIL: through simple Bible-sharing-BOL: through different marketplace, social and community ministries-VCF: through universities around Metro Manila, students is the target-CCF: through simple Bible-sharing-GCF: through simple Bible-sharing

6. The Power of Prayer (from one to ten)-JIL: (ten)-BOL: (ten, credits for their famous prayer mountain in Antipolo)-VCF: (seven)-CCF: (four)-GCF: (five)

this is happening already between Bread of Life and CCF. Laking Bread of Life ako at lumipat ng CCF pero bumalik ako sa Bread, why? there's a problem about discipling strategy about getting big number of people before the year 2020 so that they'll claim to be the "fastest-growing" church in the country, wala pong problema dun pero fastest-growing na sila sa lagay na yun at laging prosperity gospel ang tinuturo ng CCF which ay ayaw ng Bread of Life na ituro ang prosperity gospel. And my big reason for going back to Bread is because may sarili sila DNA on how to share Christ in different doctrines na ginaya naman ng CCF pero ang Bread tinanggal ito lately dahil nagkamali na sila ng direksyon kaya bumalik sila sa Basic Christianity strategy, now CCF remains on that Bread's old strategy, not because Bong Saquing is there, because they practice Western discipling too. No offense to all CCFers pero ito po ang totoo, let the truth prevail.

Surely, I'm not here to hide the truth. I personally think that gracious conversation is good! Certainly this shouldn't end up in debate. Whatever happens, there's grace for all of us.

CCF is very critical against the prosperity gospel, and explicitly acknowledges how the Christian life can be far from from prosperous. It can be gritty, real, and challenging. We also do not downplay sin and its consequences. (Though this doesn't discount the fact that God is a generous God. Since we are often muddled in our own selfishness, we need to realign our concept of blessing, and not reduce it to the financial.) We are taught to be joyful in all circumstances-- with or without money, with or without a large building, in season and out of season. Any believer of the Bible would naturally assent to this.

As for the C5 church, we were never forced to give tithes. CCF goes out of its way to make sure that its members give, not because they were forced or pressured into doing so, but because it was out of the overflow of their hearts. We don't even have envelopes on our seats! Tithe boxes are situated around the centre, so that people can give in private. Our pastor even makes sure to explain that tithing is a matter between the Christian and God.

In the end, we are not called to defend our respective churches. We are called to be witnesses of the gospel. This is ultimately the most essential, and can overcome the imperfections of our churches. Grace is truly amazing!

Bro, I am not from CCF nor from BOL, I came form a small fundamental bible baptist church, but I've been watching the preaching of CCF for almost 2 years but i doubt they preachs prosperity gospel. I dont know where you'd got all of your info but I still pray for every christian churches to unite to share Jesus to the lost. Godbless my friend

In my almost 1 year of attending at CCF, I also have never heard any teachings at CCF that may identify them as advocating the prosperity gospel.

However, with regards to the building funds, they never forced their members or attendees to give for their C5 building funds, but they they really tried to convince their members to give for their building funds as their leaders used their worship services and messages for the solicitation, even quoting unrelated verses from the Bible just to appear that what they are teaching or soliciting is Biblical. I can truly say this because I was there at CCF St. Francis when the message was solely dedicated for the solicitation for the construction of CCF Center. I was really dismayed.

CCF does not have collection envelopes or collection bags being pass around and very seldom teach about tithing, but they do believe and teach that Christians should give ten percent of their gross income to the church using the Jewish tithing as their basis to make it appear that it is Biblical. However, this is highly questionable, in truth, tithing is never taught to Christian in the New Testament. The New Testament mentions tithes, but teaching to tithe and mentioning the tithe are two different things.

When we say that a doctrine is a Christian doctrine or a Christian teaching, we look at what the Christian doctrines or teachings of the Apostles are, or what they taught to Christians during their time, and what they taught to Christians is about giving or offering, voluntary and sacrificial or even generous giving. How much? Whatever he or she would be willing to cheerfully give from the heart, according to his or her ability or capacity and as he or she has decided. Any amount that is given willingly and voluntarily is acceptable unto God whether it is more or less than ten percent. If a Christian has the means to be generous because he or she has been blessed by God with so much, then by all means give generously. (1Co 19:2; 2Co 9:7). Mostly, collections for the offerings were made to help the poor Jewish Christians in Jerusalem and to bless the evangelists and elders in their times. Otherwise, the giving is directed also to the poor and the needy believers, even to the unbelievers. This is what the New Testament teaches.

But why does the New Testament mentions tithe?

When the Lord Jesus Christ spoke about the tithes, He was talking to the Jews only, specifically the Pharisees. He was merely reminding the Pharisees of the commandment for the Jews (not the Gentiles) to tithe.

In the Book of Hebrews, again the tithe is mentioned, but it is very clear what it says, that those who have been authorized or was given the commandment to collect the tithes are ONLY the Levites (Heb 7:5).

Now why did God commanded the Israelites to tithe for the Levites? It is because the Levites have not been given an inheritance by the Lord. Meaning, they have no means to earn or to support themselves, the whole tribe of the Levites, because they were commanded by God to work exclusively to serve God in the Temple for the whole nation of Israel.

Whereby in the New Testament, the Levitical priesthood was abolished as it was only a foreshadow of the priesthood of all believers with Jesus being the High Priest.

The Church that was established in the New Testament times are gatherings of groups of believers in believers houses. Thus, requiring no administrative or building expenses like in the Jewish Temple. It was only in the 11th century that worship places like the cathedrals were built, then parishes for smaller churches were built, which later became the Eastern Orthodox churches and the Roman catholic churches.

Good day sir, I am a tither po and I witnessed how God has been blessing me, Jesus said in part of Matt: 23:23.."...you should practice the latter, without neglecting the former"

And until now, God has showed His faithfulness on how he provides because of the obedience that i did. And tithing is not just a matter of money, it is a matter of obedience, when you obey in this area of your life, then other areas of your life will follow.

Lately, I've been directed by God to watch Pastor Bong's message and it's a blessing to hear his preaching and how he clearly explain the scriptures. Bold and direct to the point ang message and he teaches like a teacher talaga na he makes sure na nakukuha yung message. I hope I could attend one of His service soon.

:) Funny because nag stay ako sa CCF kasi they don't preach the prosperity gospel. You might have the wrong definition of what a prosperity gospel preaching is. A prosperity gospel preacher is someone like Joel Osteen, TD jakes, and majority of the preachers on TV. :) Peter Tan Chi addressed the prosperity gospel as 'Not' the gospel a lot.

Bakit hndi po kasali ang JA1 o Jesus the Anointed One Church na located ang main church sa alangilan batangas city napakalaki po nitong Full Gospel Church na ito with 3 services and about 5000 attendees of the services

Hi! Ako po ay isang membro ng Victory Church. Sumisimba din po ako sa CCF pero sa victory talaga home church ku. PLEASE LET US STOP THESE NEGATIVE COMMENTS because it cannot edify the Body of Christ here in the Philippines. Magkaisa po tayu sa ating mission that is to win souls and make disciples. WE ARE ONE BODY, WE BELIEVED IN ONE LORD. LET OUR SMALL DIFFERENCES will not cause harm to our relationship to each other.

i came from bread of life then nung nagpunta ako ny US i attended BOL in NY maganda nman ang turo dun but somehow i felt malayo ako sa Lord coz even they teach about the bible mostly ang teachings about excellence, health, Rizal , our coutry so dun napupunta focus ko parang nka focus ako sa sarili ko palagi, im not saying na mali teachings nila but i felt di ako na go grow maybe di para sakin un ganung teachings, i dont know ,but when tragedy hit on me , hinahanap ko ang basic teachings about God , so i left went to assemblies of God for a while, gusto ko kasi un meron altar call, at BOL they dont usually do altar call. then i moved to las vegas and attending JIL , in JIL i felt i started at the basics all about God . no Rizal , not so much on current events its mostly bible based, what i like about JIL is the people, the pastor very approachable, people are humble and treat as family, in BOL NY they are also nice but i feel more comfortable with my friends in JIL , i have to admit the pastor in JIL is approachable. i dont judge pastor in BOL, maybe the problem lies within me during that time thats why i dont feel they are appeochable, but when it comes to teaching the best teachings that i like is CCF , i listen to their teachings at youtube, i like Peter tan chi and bong Saquing its bible base but always with practical applcations. My advise is pray kung saan church kayo , coz iba iba ang puso natin and our faith level so pray and ask God to bring you to the right one where you could grow. hopefully when i go home to Philippines i will go CCF.God bless

This is what our problem as a believer these days, lagi kasi tayo nakatingin sa pastor o sa church mismo. They have different teachings on these groups, if you want on basics on Scriptures, that's JIL, if you want to give your life a living sacrifice and in faith like what there teaching excellence, wellness and Biblical nationalism, go to Bread of Life. And if your struggling in faith and take some time on spiritual intimacy, go to CCF, iba-iba kasi ang calling ng mga churches na yan, depende na talaga sa tao yan kung saan sila magio-grow.

so pray , you can just go to church bec this person says this says that, mas magaling pastor dito , but ask God coz he knows your heart , maybe you will grow more in BOL or maybe in CCF Or JIL. You will know and dont just beleive what your pastor says always check kung naaayon sa scriptures turo nila.

dati akong bread of life, i just want you all to be careful when choosing a church. i remember nung nasa bread of life , may pinakita na horror movie which is done by one of the church member its a filipino movie nakalimutan ko title, pinapakita kasi doon un mga movies nung member as far as i remember parang young director yata yung member, pcncya na it was a long time ago i think early 2000s , and butch conde was there , coz itong member who made the movie , gustong i example for excellence, i remeber occultic un movie , it was evil but for the sake of excellence it doesnt matter kahit evil. after sooo many years and learning some teachings about occult na realize what bread of life did is very very wrong. pls be very careful, i was in bread for a very long time and malayo ako kay Lord, all i care about is being excellent . mostly that is the teaching of bread esp. butch conde. i remember narinig ko si butch conde in one of his preachings in californis, if someone will give him a ticket from pjilippines airlines sabi nya: i will tear it in front of you, bec d sya sumasakay ng PAL. i hope nagbago na bread of life , coz si noel tan na senior pastor. i felt na masyado nagiging self righteous na ang bread.pls pray for Bread of life. our enemy is so crafty, i thought ok lang yang mga horror movies , ngayong lang nabuksan ang mga mata ko , but when i was in bread para sa king lahat ng teachings nila tama, and bread lang ang alam kong church na tama. i have so many friends there so pls pray for them. i will post my name , coz im telling the truth . myra

dont worry sis.bread of life already seeks their journey back to their biblical foundation. i know na nagkamali sila but they realized that the direction is out of no where. ganun talaga ang mga church walang perpekto, few weeks back, i attended BOL's biblewalk academy, the talk called "ethos", and i understand why bread is like this, about their holistic teachings (mind, soul and body) kaya siguro pinopromote nila ang excellence at nationalism, but still its up to us if you want to apply it or not. tama din ang sinabi mo, i prayed for it too. bread is now back on their original track!

honestly bread has been a part of my life, i think ive been with for almost 20 years i still apply some of their teachings , i know maraming nabago sa character in a positive way, but my mistake as i keep on focusing on myself slowly napalayo ako kay Lord, im glad bread is now back on their original track. I realized how crafty our enemy is, being with bread for 20 years nakit ko kung how an enemy works , slowly until they achieve their purpose, so im so happy that bread is moving back to their original track. God bless .myra

Bloom where you are planted. Christianity is about our personal relationship with God. Our only main concern is obeying God's will in out lives. Pagsamasamahin natin mga maliliit na churches, I'm sure daig nila sa laki ang lahat ng mega Churches. Article is about numbers and information only. Please do not attack the churches listed. May we live in the peace as fruit of the Holy Spirit.

36 "But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. 37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. (Joh 6:36-37 NAU) 44 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. (Joh 6:44 NAU) 65 And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father." (Joh 6:65 NAU)kung inaakala mong ikaw ang pumili para maligtas ka, pag-aralan mong mabuti ang mga talatang nasa itaas. at kung sa paniniwala mo na manampalataya ka muna at ikaw ay maipapanganak na muli baligtag ito sa katuruan ng Biblia. 1 John 5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him. (1Jo 5:1 NAU) 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. (Joh 1:12-13 NAU) 9 He has saved us and called us to a holy life--not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, (2Ti 1:9 NIV)

These must be one in faith, exalting God - the Holy Trinity, we should set aside politics, self-interest and making enemies with out brothers! We should strive is what Jesus commanded his disciples before He left them. God bless all the Christian ministries!

Newbie here. Can someone please give me addresses to these churches mentioned above. I live on Taft near de la salle. I will love a place to worship today Sunday and or subsequent worship days. English speaking preferably or at least English interpreted. Many thanks

VCF is located at Village Square Mall, Harrison Plaza. While Bread of Life is located at SMX SM Aura BGC. You can check GCF, CCF, JIL through their respective websites, http://www.gcf.org.ph/, http://www.ccf.org.ph/home/, http://www.jilworldwide.org/

Everyone. Please don't compare these churches with one another, or even those that are not mentioned here. There is only one church: and that is the body of Christ. These are just a small part of the body of Christ. Each local church (JIL, VCF, GCF, CCF, etc.) has its calling. Salvation is found in Christ not in church so instead of making competition let's thank God because these local churches are in one page (not to compete but to help each other) growing. By the way, these churches (even the small churches) are not big enough as long as there is one Filipino soul not saved.

Jam, to the general perspective of the world any belief in God is a religion. Based in what the Bible teaches, to God, however, being a true Christian is being born of God and not being a member of any religion. Merely being identified or professing as a Christian is different from living Biblically as Christian. To be a Biblical Christian is to be born of God which happens by believing that the Bible to be the Word of God and the Gospel or the Good News that contains about Jesus Christ who is the Son of God or God Himself who put on a human body in order to die to pay the sins of the world out of His love for mankind, and that He rose back from the dead so that that those who believe in Him shall have eternal life which literally means that even if they die they will live again when Jesus comes back and that they will not die anymore. To believe in Jesus is to put our faith in Him which is evidenced by obedience in Him, firstly by His call for repentance or to turn away from sins in order that the payment for or forgiveness of sins will take effect and then for the Holy Spirit to dwell in the bodies of those who do so so that they may become His children and be empowered to truly live righteously for God according to how they should live as taught in the Bible. This is only a summary of what you will learn by reading the Bible and listening to His Word. If I may also advise, pls regularly listen to channel 702 DZAS AM radio station. Email me and I will refer you to my wife. We are both teachers of the Bible and at this time we serve God through Christ Commission Fellowship.

Answer: An “evangelical” church can mean different things to different people. Some have a narrow application of the term evangelical in reference to the denomination called the Evangelical Church. Others use it broadly in reference to Protestant churches that continue to hold to the inerrancy of Scripture and salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. However, most commonly, the term evangelical refers to theologically conservative individuals or churches that affirm biblical inspiration and salvation as a personal faith experience in Jesus Christ.

The National Association of Evangelicals is a large network of American evangelical churches. They define the evangelical movement as one that holds to the following beliefs:

• Conversionism: the belief that lives need to be transformed through a “born-again” experience and a lifelong process of following Jesus

• Activism: the expression and demonstration of the gospel in missionary and social reform efforts

• Biblicism: a high regard for and obedience to the Bible as the ultimate authority

• Crucicentrism: a stress on the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross as making possible the redemption of humanity(Source: http://www.nae.net/church-and-faith-partners/what-is-an-evangelical)

On the academic level, the Evangelical Theological Society defines an evangelical Christian scholar as one “devoted to the inerrancy and inspiration of the Scriptures and the gospel of Jesus Christ” (http://www.etsjets.org/about). While these scholars’ beliefs may vary greatly in other areas, they share a common commitment to Scripture, a Christ-centered gospel, and a Trinitarian view of God.

Some people view evangelicals as synonymous with fundamentalists. There is much overlap—fundamentalists and evangelicals share a theological conservatism but may diverge on matters of separation. Fundamentalists are usually known for being more conservative culturally.

Also, some view the evangelical church as a voting bloc to be identified in primarily political terms. While evangelicals are typically socially conservative due to their view of Scripture, evangelicals do not identify with a particular political party in the United States or elsewhere.

Ideally, evangelical churches are known for taking the Bible seriously, seeking to live by the teachings of Christianity, and sharing Christ in a wide variety of contexts.

JESUS prayed that His church to stay united. We are NOT suppose to be debating about megachurches doctrine ( though there really is a wrong doctrines/ non biblical teaching) but we are Christians, we are not followers of the Church. We are followers of JESUS CHRIST.

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.